by Greg Beben | Mar 5, 2025 | Seasonal Introductions
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, but the First Week of Lent begins with the First Sunday. This leaves the three days between Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday in an unusual liturgical interval; they are part of Lent, but not part of the weeks of Lent. Their official...
by Greg Beben | Mar 4, 2025 | Meditations
The solemn and striking Liturgy of Ash Wednesday alerts us to the new Season that has begun and gives us a time to reflect and discover what sins and attachments God wants to free us from so that he can fill us with his own life. There is much more to Ash Wednesday...
by Greg Beben | Mar 3, 2025 | Seasonal Introductions
In our journey through the Seasons of Advent and Christmas, we discovered that, in spite of all we have received, our efforts at holiness are ineffectual. We recognized that we are still living a lie. Instead of relying on God and giving him the glory, we take the...
by Greg Beben | Mar 1, 2025 | Meditations
As a very timely preparation for the approaching holy Season of Lent, the Liturgy on this Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time gives us great insight into the relationship between our exterior behavior and our interior life, between what everyone can see and what God sees....
by Greg Beben | Feb 22, 2025 | Meditations
In the Book of Genesis, we read that God created us human beings to be like himself: “God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them” (Gen 1:27). So by our very nature, we are like God. But what does it mean to be “like God”? St. John gives us...
